Breastpocket handkerchief



Feb. 3, 1970 J. B. BERTELINK BREASTPOCKET; HANDKERCHIEF Filed Dec. 22,196' INVENTOR. Jon B. Bertelink AT TOR N EYS.

United States Patent Int. Cl. A4lb 15/00 U.S. Cl. 2279 5 Claims ABSTRACTOF THE DISCLOSURE A breastpocket handkerchief assembly is providedwherein the handkerchief is wrapped about an adjustable supportingplate, which both rigidifies the handkerchief in use, and which providesmeans for ready adjustment of the same upon insertion into the pocket ofa user.

The invention relates to a breastpocket handkerchief that is wornvisibly in the pocket.

When a breastpocket handkerchief is worn it is a requirement that thisis positioned in the correct position in the pocket, also is notwrinkled but also protrudes over the right distance above the rim of thepocket. This cannot always be easily realized, as the depth of the onepocket often strongly deviates of that of another one. When abreastpocket handkerchief contains a certain quantity of material with arelatively shallow pocket, a certain quantity of material has to be putinto that pocket, owing to which the pocket can become bulging while itbecomes more difiicult to make the upper part of the breastpockethandkerchief protrude out of the pocket in a correct way. When thebreastpocket handkerchief must be positioned in a relatively deep pocketthe danger is present that the breastpocket handkerchief sinks away init and does not protrude over a certain distance over the rim of thepocket. Therewith it is always diflicult to fold the upper part of thebreastpocket handkerchief correctly.

The invention now removes these difiiculties by providing a breastpockethandkerchief which is characterized in that it has been fixed to asupport plate in the folded up condition and that means are present tochange the distance between the lower part of the support plate and theupper point of the breast pocket handkerchief, so that the total lengthof the whole can be adapted to the depth of the pocket in which thebreastpocket handkerchief is worn.

Hereby it is obtained at the same time that the upper part of thebreastpocket handkerchief protrudes in the correctly folded position andover the right length above the rim of the pocket.

According to the preferred embodiment the support plate now consists oftwo parts, one part of which being fixedly arranged-in the breastpockethandkerchief and the second part being shiftable with respect to thefirst part, such, that the lower rim of the shiftable part protrudesover a certain distance under the lower rim of the first part.

Hereby it is reached that the upper part of the breastpockethandkerchief must be as large as possible.

Herewith it is also desired that the two parts of the support plate withrespect to each other, have been fixed in nearly one plane, which isreached in that the breastpocket handkerchief, by means of a rivet orsuchlike jointing element has been fixed on the first part of thesupport plate, which nail also runs through a slot running in verticaldirection of the shiftable part of the support plate.

3,492,677 Patented Feb. 3, 1970 With such way of execution consequentlyonly one jointing element is necessary for fixedly mounting thebreastpocket handkerchief on the two parts of the support plate that areshiftable with respect to each other.

The two parts of the support plate are kept in a certain position withrespect to each other by the frictional power between the mutual partsand between the replaceable part and the material of the breastpockethandkerchief. Said frictional powers sometimes can be insufiicient, e.g.when using easily slidable materials, for keeping the breastpockethandkerchief constant in the correct position.

The invention provides herein in that the rims of the slot in theshiftable part of the support plate running in longitudinal direction,are notchedly executed. As the material of the support plate is somewhatflexible, the plate can easily be shifted by hand, while the power,necessary for said shifting, is large enough for preventing an undesiredshiftment during wearing.

Preferably the support plate will have been made of a somewhat flexible,boiling-, launderingand ironing-durable material.

The breastpocket handkerchief then needs not to be loosened from thesupport plate, but the whole can be washed when the breastpockethandkerchief 'has become dirty whereby boiling out can take place, ifnecessary, and the breastpocket handkerchief can be ironed too. It isclear that the breastpocket handkerchief can also be made of a no-ironmaterial.

The invention now is further elucidated on hand of an performanceexample, shown in the drawing, in which:

FIG. 1 shows a front view of a breastpocket handkerchief according tothe invention;

FIG. 2 shows a rear view of the same breastpocket handkerchief; and

FIG. 3 shows a section according to the line IIIIII of FIG. 2.

The breastpocket handkerchief 1 shown in the drawing has been foldedsuch, that the front side has been composed out of the layers ofmaterial 1a and 1b, which have been folded down at one of thelongitudinal sides to the layers 1c and 1a, lying at the back side,whereas the other longitudinal side has been folded back to the layers1e and 1 lying at the back side and on the layers 10 and 1d.

Between the layers 1a and 1c the support plate has been positioned, thathas been composed of the permanent part 2 and the shiftable part 3.

In the shiftable part 3 the slot 4 is present, through which the rivet 5runs, which keeps the construction of breastpocket handkerchief 1 andthe plates 2 and 3 together.

For claritys sake the layers la-lf of the breastpocket handkerchief andthe plates 2 and 3 have been drawn at some distance from each other, butit will be clear that these layers, at any rate at the location of therivet 5, are pressed firmly against each other. By this a frictionalpower is generated between the two sides of the plate 3 on the ne hand,resp. the plate 2 and the layer 10 of the breastpocket handkerchief 1 onthe other hand; in such a way that the plate 3 will not easily shiftwith respect to the breastpocket handkerchief 1.

Rivet 5 can also be replaced by another fastening element, which ifnecessary can be loosable. Preferably however the rivet .5 is permanentso that the breastpocket handkerchief always remains correctly foldedand the whole has been made of such materials, that the construction,without loosening the connecting element 5, can be washed. The plates 2and 3 then preferably consist of a synthetic material that is boiling-,launderingand ironing durable.

Preferably the plates 2 and 3 are of a somewhat flexible material sothat the Whole of the breastpocket handkerchief can adapt itself to themodel of the pocket.

As indicated in the drawing the longitudinal rims of the slot 4 can benotched. By this an undesired shiftment will further be encountered.

It is clear that the plate 3 with the slot 4 arranged therein has beenexecuted such, that the lower side of the plate 3 can get lying equalwith the lower rim of the layers 1a etc. of the breastpockethandkerchief 1, while therewith the upper or side rims of the plate 3 donot protrude outside the layer 1a.

Though the breastpocket handkerchief shown in the drawing is providedwith a point extending upwardly, it will be clear that the upper rim canalso be fiat or can have any other shape, while also the number oflayers into which the breastpocket handkerchief is folded does not playa part in itself. Other changes can also be made without falling outsidethe inventive idea.

What I claim is:

'1. Breastpocket handkerchief assembly comprising a flat supportingmeans having a lower edge, a breastpocket handkerchief folded about saidsupporting means and having an open end for passage of said lower edgeof said supporting means therethrough, for a selected distance, saidsupporting means being relatively rigid with respect to saidbreastpocket handkerchief, fastening means retaining the breastpockethandkerchief in the folded condition and fixing it with respect to thesupporting means, said supporting means having adjusting means foradjusting the distance between said lower edge of said supporting meansand said breastpocket handkerchief, thr ugh said open end of saidwrapped handkerchief.

2. Breastpocket handkerchief assembly according to claim 1, in whichsaid support means comprises two plates, one of which is fixedly countedin said breastpocket handkerchief and the second plate being shiftablewith respect to said first plate, such that the lower edge of saidshiftable plate depends over an adjustable distance below the undersideof the breastpocket handkerchief.

3. Breastpocket handkerchief assembly according to claim 2, in whichsaid breastpocket handkerchief is secured to said first plate by meansof a fastening element, and including a vertical slot in said secondplate, said element also passing through the vertical slot in saidsecond plate.

4. Breastpocket handkerchief assembly according to claim 3, in which theslot edges are provided with lateral notch means for fixing the heightof a handkerchief in a pocket upon urging the assembly downwardly intothe pocket until the lower edge of said shiftable plate engages a pocketbottom and adjusts the shiftable plate into a selected notch position,without removal of the assembly from a pocket.

5. Breastpocket handkerchief assembly of claim 4, in which said supportmeans is made of a somewhat flexible, boiling-, launderingandironing-resistant material.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,466,993 9/ 1923 Creech 22792,269,511 1/1942 Biederman 2279 2,539,182 l/1951 Brown 2279 2,738,5153/1956 Owen 2-279 2,777,133 1/1957 Phillips 2-279 ALFRED R. GUEST,Primary Examiner Patent No. ,492,677

Dated bruary 3, 1970 Inventor) Jan Bernard Bertelink It is certifiedthat error appears in the above-identified patent and that said LettersPatent are hereby corrected as shown belaw:

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